the spending in china, that much potable water they'll have a hard time doing expeditionary stuff, we have to look at everything, not just smaller cuts. >> alisyn: tony, it sounds like we can spend less, we have to spend smarter. is there waste in this day and age, and we hear about the $700 toilet seat. >> absolutely. two sources, big one, the joint ied defeat organization. billions spent and not one useful technology come out to prevent our troops from being injured by ied's and secondly a smaller scale. the marine corps bought boots, they can't do best practices and go with the manufacturer, they need to spread out the wealth and some of the boots fell apart in combat. we have to fix how we do contracting and hold people accountable for bad decisions and right now, it doesn't function like advised. >> the former vice-president dick cheney says he considers the policy team including the defense team, mediocre. >> i buy john brennan not being qualified for his position. he has a terrible record and tom bridgridge, and tony-- people on capitol hill like him, but we have got to get awa